OHINEMURI. (From Our Own Correspondent).

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (From Our Own Correspondent ).

Thk annual meeting 1 of the Ohinemuri f jiccn^inu; Committee was hold on Saturday at the j'ueroa Public lIhII. Proton: Mcssis I'M ward Quinu (cliainm.n), Samuel Farmer, ])avid iSnoilprns^, ; ilmiui's Uarrett, and Frederick Cock. Cui-table Alfred James Mitchell nfficiafod ascloik to the conuniLtee. Tlio iniiiulob Ijcinu; read and confirmed, the Chairman look (he new applications fiist., ;'s follows :— Fiom llcnry Allo)', ITilcutaia, wlio Bul)inittod plans of his proposed house. Mr Alloy appearad and spoke in suppoit a)' his ajiplica<ion and trusted that the commiitee would «r:uit the license, more accon modafion beinic lii^hlv necessary at Hikntara. The Chairman after seeing tho plans asked what kind of promises were at present in existence for ihu proposed hotel. Mr Alley admitted that they were simply nominal promises, but guaranteed if tho licence were granted that. h<! would have the bnildintr, :w per plan, erected \\ thin two months — The Ciiiiiiman quoted Judge Wards rul-

insr in inference to tlio licensing of (lie hibdee I[m| ( .| n | Nom mai kof , showing i( io he illegal in o rnn | a license (o l-iomi-es which iiitl not exist. ]\lr Cook took exception ami plated that, it wns notorious that Judge Ward uas entirely in tlio wrong over the matter. After a long discus>ion on this point, also ns to whether Hie requisite notice hnd been given, it wns agreed to adjourn the application until Friday week/ •Janie« Hosie applied for a publicans licerse for the Owharoa Hole, hitherto an accommodation house. The Inspector ira\e a good lepoit as to the premises and as to a licensed house being require 1, but put in sjTave objections to tho applicant. — Mr J. 11. Moore, owner or the piemises, asked the Committee whether they would bo prepared to grant a licence to a suitable person whom tlio Committee approved of.— The Chaiimnn thought theie wouhl be no diflioulty in doing «o A petition, chiefly from the ladies of the district, was put n\ opposing the granting of a license, but, the chairman *aul main of the signatories lived many mile^Jiom the district, lie and other membeis concurred that a licensed house was requiied. Adjourned until Fi iilay w eek. Applications for publicans licenses weie granted as follows : — John 11. Moore,] 'aeroa Hotel, I 'aeioajJ.J I. Walsh, Maroto'o Hotel. Marototo ; John Kelly, Karangahake Hotel, Ivarnngahnke. The following licenses weie renewed : — J. M.Coote, Commercial Hotel, Paevoa : M. (i. Power, All Nations Hotel, Paeroa ; Mis M. ]\, Mahoncy. Belmont Hotel, Paeioa ; A. Cnssrela,' Criterion Hotel, J'aero.i ; (-leo. Colebrook, Waihi Hotel, Waihi ; A. Shepherd, Tramway Hotel, Karannahake ; C. Nash, Hotel, i >fnckaytown. Tlie meeting was then ! adjourned until Fnday While returning from Edward's cattle sale at Mncknytown on Saturday last., a man named Walter Emerson residing i.t the Junction .Mill was thrown from hishorso and dragged by the stirrup for some distance, sustaining rather severe injuiies. His face was badly contused and lie uas biuised all over. He is now fan 3 y iccoveied. M*r H. W. Xorthcioft, R.M.. \\M< a Hevision Couif, on the KSth itist. ut P.u'roaie the County electoial i oil.